There was good reason to cheer when Bob Bowman joined the review panel
considering Great Britain’s underachievement in the Olympic pool this year.

Bowman built the perfect Olympic beast in Michael Phelps, but his greater
value to Britain is the charter that he brings from what is arguably the
longest running success story in sport.

Hardly a Games has gone by without Americans winning in the pool; 16 gold
medals out of 31 for the US in London the latest result of a golden era that
never ends. What Britain needs to know by the time the Board of British